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Which one of the following is a chemical change?


A

Shredding a sheet of paper into bits

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Melting of an ice cube

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Cutting of Fruits

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D

Cooking of vegetables

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Solution

The correct option is D

Cooking of vegetables


Chemical change:- It is a change in which the chemical composition of the substance changes because of the formation of a new substance.
Out of the following cooking of vegetables is a chemical change because the raw ingredients convert into different forms on the application of heat. Moreover, cooked food cannot be converted back to original state and hence it is a chemical and irreversible process.

Physical change:- In a physical change no new substance is formed and the chemical composition of substance remains the same. There are changes in physical properties like shape, size, etc.
Cutting of Fruits, Shredding a sheet of paper into bits, Melting of an ice cube are the examples of physical changes.


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